The Hawks held a 15-point lead at halftime but watched it disappear in the fourth quarter. After Jackson hit a 3-pointer with 54 seconds left to give the Hawks a 97-92 lead, Paul Pierce hit four throws to cut the Hawks' lead to 97-96 with 17 seconds remaining.
"Anytime you make them turn the ball over 29 times, you should expect to come away with a win," said Pierce, who had 28 points and 10 rebounds.
Pacers 83, Raptors 77
In Toronto, Ron Artest scored 27 points, Jermaine O'Neal added 20 and Al Harrington 19 as the Eastern Conference-leading Indiana Pacers beat Toronto.
Donyell Marshall had 24 points and 10 rebounds for the Raptors.
Wizards 112, Clippers 110
In Washington, Gilbert Arenas scored 25 points and Jerry Stackhouse added 23 as Washington scored 25 of the game's first 28 points to end the Los Angeles Clippers' three-game road winning streak.
Kwame Brown added 22 points and Larry Hughes had 21 points and 12 rebounds.
Los Angeles, bidding for its first four-game road winning streak since March, 1982, got 24 points from Quentin Richardson and 22 from Corey Maggette. The Clippers are 3-2 on a nine-game road trip -- the longest in the NBA this season.
Timberwolves 103, Cavaliers 92
In Minneapolis, Kevin Garnett had 35 points and 12 rebounds, including a huge fourth quarter as Minnesota beat Cleveland.
Latrell Sprewell added 24 points, seven assists and a hand in LeBron James' face most of the night for Minnesota, which won its 14th straight at home and is an NBA-best 26-6 since Dec. 1.
Jeff McInnis scored 21 points and James added 14 for the Cavaliers, who dropped to 5-3 since acquiring McInnis in a trade with Portland.
Fred Hoiberg had eight of his 10 points in final eight minutes for the Timberwolves. He and Sprewell hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put Minnesota up 97-88 with less than four minutes remaining.
Nets 120, Magic 99
In East Rutherford, New Jersey, Jason Kidd had 18 points, 13 assists, six rebounds and a 3-pointer that cracked the 100-point mark at the end of third quarter as New Jersey downed Orlando.
The victory was the Nets' seventh straight, and their sixth in a row since Frank replaced Byron Scott less than two weeks ago for the two-time defending Eastern Conference champions.
Grizzlies 105, Bucks 85
In Memphis, Tennessee, Pau Gasol, booed in his last home game, scored 27 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the Memphis beat Milwaukee to tie a franchise record for victories.
The win was the Grizzlies' third straight and matched their 28 victories from last season -- the most in franchise history.
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